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Happy Halloween!

October 31, 2018 quiteayarnblog1 Comment

May your scares be the fun ones and the candy be delicious!

Project

Ixchel Update

October 30, 2018October 30, 2018 quiteayarnblog2 Comments

Today I got the main part of the body knitting done.  I mentioned earlier that for the last design section, I was going to just knit the gold on rows where there were enough stitches in a pattern repeat to make it worth while, and then duplicate stitch in the rest. Here it is almost… Continue reading Ixchel Update

Project

I Felt a Curiosity 2

October 29, 2018 quiteayarnblog5 Comments

For those who have been reading along for a while, you may remember that this March I did a few experiments in felting, which I vaguely planned to continue someday.  Well, that day is finally here! In the earlier experiments, I knit two equal sized squares each of 100% wool yarn and a wool/alpaca blend. … Continue reading I Felt a Curiosity 2

Knitting books

Knitter’s Bookshelf: Knitting Ganseys Update

October 28, 2018 quiteayarnblog3 Comments

If you keep an eye on the gansey-knitting book options (and if not, why not?) you are likely aware that Beth Brown-Reinsel has just put out an update on her 1993 classic, Knitting Ganseys.  If not, you just learned something new! What is a gansey?  Chapter 1 in both versions helpfully answers that question.  Ganseys… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Knitting Ganseys Update

Project

Ixchel Update

October 26, 2018 quiteayarnblog6 Comments

My Ixchel sweater is coming along pretty well! I have about 25 rows left for the body, and then ribbing.  Toward the bottom, where I am now, the stars start to thin out, and there are a lot of rows with 12 or more stitches between single gold stitches.  So I decided to go back… Continue reading Ixchel Update

General blather

Some Unaccustomed Feels

October 25, 2018 quiteayarnblog6 Comments

This was a weird week for me.  Unless something unexpected happens, I just got home from what was very likely my last work trip for this job. I have been doing this particular job for 7 years, and over the last month or two began the process of passing it on to someone else.  So… Continue reading Some Unaccustomed Feels

General blather

Progress on Various Fronts

October 21, 2018 quiteayarnblog4 Comments

Lots of things are happening, but my camera is mislaid, so I have no pictures of any of it. Hopefully this will be fixed in the next couple of days. This weekend was my 23rd wedding anniversary!  So DH and I have been celebrating and just generally being mushy.  🙂 Ixchel is progressing nicely!  I… Continue reading Progress on Various Fronts

Knitting books

Knitter’s Bookshelf: Tuck Stitches

October 16, 2018 quiteayarnblog2 Comments

A little earlier this fall, I talked about tuck stitches in relation to a class with Nancy Marchant of brioche knitting fame, who is the inventor/developer of this new technique for hand knitters.  Her latest book, Tuck Stitches: Sophistication in Hand Knitting, is on this technique. I actually bought this book over the summer to… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Tuck Stitches

Project

More Ixchel Progress

October 14, 2018 quiteayarnblog6 Comments

Ixchel is moving right along!  As I suspected, once the sleeve stitches were put off to the side, thing began progressing much more quickly. I’m roughly halfway there on the body, then just have the sleeves to go.  As you can see, there is a little bit of puckering on the increase row that I’m… Continue reading More Ixchel Progress

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